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PHP PHP Basics Daily Exercise Program String Manipulation

Gökhan Yesilyayla
Gökhan Yesilyayla
1,304 Points
Posted by Gökhan Yesilyayla
Gökhan Yesilyayla
1,304 Points

"You have not displayed the correct string"

I am not able to pass the 3rd part of the PHP exercise. "Bummer - You have not displayed the correct string"

I guess there is something wrong with the "newline" part "\n" but i don't see any mistake.

index.php 
<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = 'Rasmus';
$lastName = 'Lerdorf';
$fullname = $firstName." ".$lastName;

echo $fullname." was the original creator of PHP \n";

?>


//EDIT
// I have also tried with
<?php
echo $fullname." was the original creator of PHP"."<br>"."newline";
?>

//The word "newline" is displayed correct in the preview but i still get a bummer.

2 Answers

Matthew Carson
Matthew Carson
5,965 Points
Matthew Carson
Matthew Carson
5,965 Points

Remove the space between the 'PHP' and the newline character in " was the original creator of PHP \n";

<?php
echo $fullname." was the original creator of PHP\n";
Gökhan Yesilyayla
Gökhan Yesilyayla
1,304 Points
Gökhan Yesilyayla
Gökhan Yesilyayla
1,304 Points

That worked for me but i guess that is still a bug. Thank you though.

Dhavidy Luiz Mamede Pires
Dhavidy Luiz Mamede Pires
12,438 Points
Dhavidy Luiz Mamede Pires
Dhavidy Luiz Mamede Pires
12,438 Points

Must be a bug! That's my code below, getting the same error.

<?php

//Place your code below this comment
$firstName = "Rasmus";
$lastName  = "Lerdorf";
$fullname  = $firstName . " " . $lastName;

echo $fullname . " was the original creator of PHP \n";

// Also tried
// echo "'$fullname was the original creator of PHP' \n";

?>
Gökhan Yesilyayla
Gökhan Yesilyayla
1,304 Points
Gökhan Yesilyayla
Gökhan Yesilyayla
1,304 Points

Removing the "space" between PHP and \n worked for me.